Land cover change and landscape fragmentation—comparing the utility of continuous and discrete analyses for a western Honduras region

• Published in: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 185 - 205
• Main Authors: Southworth, Jane, Munroe, Darla, Nagendra, Harini
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.02.2004
• Subjects: deforestation; environmental factors; Fragmentation; habitat fragmentation; Honduras; Land cover; land use change; Probit; psychosocial factors; reforestation; regression analysis; Remote sensing; Spatial autocorrelation; Tobit; vegetation cover; Honduras; Tobit; Land cover; Spatial autocorrelation; Remote sensing; Probit; Fragmentation

Current studies of land cover change and landscape fragmentation rely predominantly on land cover classifications derived from remotely sensed images. However, limitations of traditional land cover classifications are numerous and well known. This research compares classification-based techniques (d...